Adjustable plow-standard.



No. 869,341. PATENTED OCT. 29. 1907.

' W. P. WIGLEY.

ADJUSTABLE PLOW STANDARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27,1907.

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WILLIAM I. \VltlldEY, Oh DALLAS, GEORGIA.

ADJUSTABLE PLOW-STANDARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1907.

Application filed May 27. 1907 Serial No. 375.980.

-T0 all when! it may concern:

Be it; known that 1. WILLIAM P. \Y otnv. a t-itizen of the UnitedStates. residing at Dallas. in the tonntv of Paulding and State ofGeorgia. have invented a new and useful Adjustahle Plow-Standard, ol\l'lllt'll the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to adjustahle plow standards and it consistsin the novel t-onstrtn-tioo and arrangement of its parts as hereinattershown and deserihed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective means\vhereh the angle or pitth of a plow standard with relation to the plovvheam may he easily and readily adjusted to meet soil conditions or thede sire of the operator.

The standard is of the usual rurved metallir type and is pivoted to theplow heam. The ends of the said standard are forwardly disposed and theforward edges of the ends are slighthv rem'riardly illtllllttl. plate ismounted on the top of the plou' lream and a t-lip is attat'hed at itsends to the sides of the lream and passes over the said plate. lrit isprovided v. ith a laterally enlarged head having projet'ting parallelends and an intermediate heveled edge \vait-h is adapted to engage theends of the plov; stant'lard n'hile the projet-ting ends extend alongthe outer sides of the ends of the standard. Said hit is provided with ashank \\'ill('ll lies under the (-lip and upon the aforesaid plate.wedge is adapted to he interposed hetn een the shank of the hit and the(lip for the purpose. of holding the parts in their proper positions.

in the aeeompanying draning:-Figure l is a perspective view of a portionof heam 'ith the adjustahle standard attat-hed thereto. h g. 2 is anedge elevation with part in se -t ion of means for holding the standardin its adjusted position.

The standard l is of the rnal rurved lllOfdlllt' type and is pivoted atthe point 2 to the heam I The ends of the standard extend along thesides of the heam and are hroadened as at land terminate at theirextremi- The plate ti is attached to the top side of the heam I, and theelip T adapted to he interposed hetvveen the t-lip is attat-hed at itsends to the YOl'tiflll sides of the heam and passes over the plate (i.The hit 8 is provided with an enlarged head portion 9 \,'l)i(ll in turnis provided at its sides \\'ith the spat-ed parallel projet-tions 10.The head 9 is provided at its intermediate portion with a heveled edge'11. The shank 12 of the said hit. rests upon the plate (5 and under the(lip 7. The end of said shank is upturned as at 113. The edge I4 is andthe shank 12 of the hit and is adapted to hold the parts in their properposit ions.

in order to arromplish the adjrstment of the standard l the Wedge ll isremo\ ed from under the -lip 7 and the hit 8 is moved away from the endsof the stand- The standard 1 is then turned on the pivot 2 until itassumes the desired angle with relation to the heam. Then the hit 8 isdriven toe-ard the im-lined edges of the standard and the edge ll -ol'the said lit \\'ill on; go the edges The r edge il l is then drivenunder the clip 7 and the shank ll of the hit 8 is impinged against theplate ti. The ends It) of the hit 8 extend along the sides of the endsof the standard l and hold the same in proper position .'ith relation tothe hit.

Having desrriled my invention hat pl t-laim as new and desire to set'urehv [.ettm's-latent is? a rd.

1. ln romhination with a heam. a standard pivotrd thereto. a hitslidahlv mounted upon the standard and having a howled edge for engagingthe standard and means for holding the hit.

1.. In vtmhination with a her m. a standard pivoted thereto. a hitslidahlv mounted upon the heam and having a howled edge with parallelprojections at its sides. and means for holtlillj." the hit.

2!, ln romhination with a heam, n thereto. a plate mrnntud on the heam,a t'lip attarhed to the llt.tlll and passing over said plate. a hit l vion the plate and adapted to engage the standard. and a \vedg'o adaptedto he int rposed helwern the clip and the hit In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my own. I have hereto :tllixed my signature in thepresent'e of two witnesses.

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